Improvement in appakatus foe distributing liquid manuee



' J. W. CLARK.

Nursery Planter and Manurer. No. 62.006. Patented Feb. 12, 1867.

@uiten gisten etmtffitt J. WARREN CLARK, OF IOWA CITY, IOWA. Letters Patent No. 62,006, datccl'February 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS Pon DISTPIBUTING LIQUID MAIIUPB.

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Be it known that" I, J. WARREN CLARK, of Iowa City, in the county-oi` Johnson, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and improved Nursery Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactjdescription thereof, which :vill enable others. skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, lforming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section, in the plane'of the line :v w, iig. 2, showing the interior arrangement of my'inventon. l

Figure 2 is a horizontal longitudinal section, in the plane of the line y y, iig.y 1, showingthe same in plan view.

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This invention relates to the planting of hedges, or any small plants, in rows, as practised by nurserymen or horticulturists. It consists-in providing a box wagon, made tight to hold water mixed with earthy matter or compost, forming such a puddling compound asis usually applied to young plants and trees when s et out, to

insure their vitality and growth, having connected with it an apparatus for running a narrow furrow or trench in i the earth, and conducting -the fertilizing compound directly into said trench behind the plough or Coulter employed for opening it. The ordinary method of planting is to make holes in the earthwith a dibble, and pour into them the'fertlizing compound'when the plants are set; 4but this is a slow and laborious operation, and the work is greatly expedited'and facilitated by means of the apparatus herein described. t

A represents a close, water-tight' wagon box, mounted on wheels, B B, with a draught-pole, C, attached in front. In the rear part of the'inside of the'box is placed a horizontal spider or miner, D, hung at the lower end of a vertical spindle, a, which is connected with and operated, by one of the hind drivixq wheels B, through the bevel gearing b b and the pulleys c c', over which passes the driving-band i d, or 'by any other suitable gearing to give the mixer D rotary motion by meansof the wagon-wheel or wheels. Underthe wagon, a coulterplough, e, is suspended to the wagon-reachf, andso arranged in connection with a `pair of caster-wheels, g, whiohrun upon ther-surface of tbe ground asl the wagon moves, that the plough 'shall penetrate the soil six or eight inches, or any requisite depth, and cut aV proper furrow or trench for setting young trees or plants. A flexible pipe` or hose, h, runs from the bottom of the Wagon,'and vis fastened nt the lower end immediately behind the plough e, for `conducting the puddling compound of water and earthy matter into the furrow or trench as it is opened by the plough. A slide-valve, z', isplaced over the hole in the bottom of the wagon box,`for. regulating the supply of puddling compound, operated by a crank, j, or any other suitable device.V As the box wagon is moved forward by a team over. the Held to be planted, the plough e cuts the requisite furrow, and the pipe h conveys the puddling compound from the Vwagon box directly into it. While the paddling is fresh and soft the young trees or plants are easily and rapidly set in it by hand, thus greatly facilitating the. operation of planting hedges or nursery trees.

Having thus described the nature and operation of my invention, what I claim asV new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The oombinationof a box Wagon,.for containing water and earth, forming a puddling compound, with a plough for cutting a trench, connected with a mixer of the compound within the wagonbox, and a hose or its equivalent for conducting it into the trench behind the plough, for the purpose of setting young trees or plants in rows, constructed and arranged substantially as herein described. J. WARREN CLARK.

Witnesses:l

A. BENJ. ConNnLI., T. G. BAKER. 

